veritably
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6.7
- adverb
- /ˈvɛrɪtəbli/
- Formal
:
verdaderamente
- Most crucial of all have been the veritably miraculous capabilities of current computer technologies for representing and manipulating the real world or alternative versions thereof.
Examples
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Unless you want to become a neurosurgeon, an airline pilot, or an astronaut, this question is veritably useless.
Blog text (17) -
The food at that restaurant is veritably delicious.
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He thinks that all one needs to do is have the oil prices rise and oil will veritably flow from the pore spaces.
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Some people veritably recoil from the notion of transcendence, and they much prefer a context of strict immanence.
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San Gimignano is known for its surviving medieval towers, which give the town a unique photogenic skyline, veritably the "Manhattan" of Italy.
Academic text (1999) -
The term Aschenbrüdel has veritably become a household name that is increasingly being reified and marketed through different commercial channels.
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Veritably astounding, rather than just interesting or surprising, however, is the ultimate fate of the free law movement, including the seemingly absent reception of its ideas in subsequent German legal science, when we broaden our perspective beyond Western Europe.
Academic text (2016) -
Tellingly, even after this arrival, the count remains both invisible and inaudible, retaining a veritably godlike authority, as Jean and Julie remain on stage overwhelmed with anxiety about what will happen.
Academic text (1999) -
Indeed, since they have been largely unconcerned with the material volatility of his works, most interpreters have cast Reynolds as not just indifferent to, but veritably incommensurable with Enlightened science.
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What has never occurred before is the transition from a veritably fictitious economy of the Stalinist type, predestined to fail by its very nature, to a recognizable economy in which the catalyst of the productive process is society's needs.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Shows that something is true or certain
∞
1.0
To show that something is really true even if surprising
∞
1.0
Without any doubt
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1.0
You say this when something is completely true
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2.5
In a real and honest way, not pretending
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3.7
To say something is complete or very strong to make a point
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5.5
In a strong, definite way that shows no doubt
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9.9
People often say it in old or formal language to show truth
In a way that states the facts correctly
Antonyms
How True
Surface Forms
Morphology
veritably = veritable (transparent) = verit + able + ly
Formation is a regular adjective-to-adverb conversion (veritable + -ly), so the change in category and meaning is predictable.
Etymology
Veritably comes from the Latin word veritas, meaning 'truth', and shares the same root as verify and veritable. So to say something is veritably X is to say it is 'in truth' or really X.